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This is still one of the best films ever made, and other than the clothes hasn't dated.
It's got everything in it, suspense, action, drama, sadness & even fits in some laughs where appropriate. I was never around to see Borgnine & Hackman in their prime but I've never seen them better, Shirley Winters is great too.
The good thing about this film is the thought that went into it. The right characters die & at the right times. There's none of the typical Hollywood "Lets have all the big stars escape ok" here. McDowell dies early, Hackman perishes too.
People call it a cliched film. It is in parts but the cliche's have mainly come about since it was made.
This is still the best disaster film ever. Even better than Towering Inferno, which takes some doing. 'Disaster' is probably the genre of film, which which has most deteriorated in quality over the years as this shows.
This is everything Titanic should have been.
A monumental film. 10/10
This is still one of the best films ever made, and other than the clothes hasn't dated.
It's got everything in it, suspense, action, drama, sadness & even fits in some laughs where appropriate. I was never around to see Borgnine & Hackman in their prime but I've never seen them better, Shirley Winters is great too.
The good thing about this film is the thought that went into it. The right characters die & at the right times. There's none of the typical Hollywood "Lets have all the big stars escape ok" here. McDowell dies early, Hackman perishes too.
People call it a cliched film. It is in parts but the cliche's have mainly come about since it was made.
This is still the best disaster film ever. Even better than Towering Inferno, which takes some doing. 'Disaster' is probably the genre of film, which which has most deteriorated in quality over the years as this shows.
This is everything Titanic should have been.
A monumental film. 10/10